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Adipose Tissue_1
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Adipose Tissue_1
a form of loose connective tissue
provides reserve fuel food, insulates against heat loss, & supports & protects organs
under skin, around kidneys & eyeballs, stomach, & breast
Yellow fat - inactive, most abundant, has a wide distribution (white at birth, yellow with age as it begins to oxidize)
Brown fat- very active, found only in specific areas of the body, axillae, neck, & near kidneys
closely packed adipocytes, nucleus pushed to side by large fat droplet
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- College AP1 Mind Map on Adipose Tissue_1, created by FutureRNAshleyM on 20/02/2015.
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- Created by FutureRNAshleyM · Feb 20, 2015
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